After graduating with distinction in Piano from the Conservatorio "Vincenzo Bellini" under the guidance of Agatella Catania,
she moved to Cologne, where she worked as an accompanist at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
From 1997 to 1999 she studied Composition and Orchestral Conducting at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
with Prof. Uroš Lajovic.
She made her debut in Vienna as both pianist and composer.
Her concerts were met with such success that many performers soon asked her to write music for them.
So many of her works were composed like the "Gundula's duets" (6 duets for 2 Flutes), her Trios for flute, viola and guitar that were performed in Slovakia in 1996 and broadcasted in radio.
Many of Nelly LiPuma's pieces were written and performed in Vienna, such as the
"Wiener Quintett" dedicated to the city of Vienna. In June 2000 she released her first CD, some works of mine Some Works of Mine, entirely dedicated to her own compositions,
in collaboration with professors of the Niederösterreichisches Tonkünstler-Orchester and musicians
from the University of Music in Vienna.
In Summer 2000 she was invited at the International meeting for young composers and performers "Music without Borders in the heart of Europe" in the Slovakia were her CD was successfully presented.
Her new compositions were played for the The Steinway Haus organized in 2001 a concert with her piano music.
In Summer 2001 she was invited to the International Sommer Akademie (Wien-Prag-Budapest) for the premiere of her sonate for fagot and piano. The premiere was such a big success that the sonata was played again shortly after in Prag.
In 2001 she has founded the Vienna International Girls choir (VIGC) in order to awake in young girls the joy and the enthusiasm for music.
She has participated in the "Talente Projekt" chamber concert in Art Cult Center in the Museumquartier of Vienna (2002) where she performed her Sonate for English horn/oboe and piano, work commissioned by the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Zeitgenossische Musik.
The "Radio Arte Mobile" in Rome has dedicated one of its radiofonic expositions to Nelly LiPuma, her music and her life.
On Summer 2003 she presented her Sonate für Fagott und Klavier in a concert in the famous Castle of Dolna Krupa (Slovakia).
In September 2003 she was selected to conduct the concert in honor of the Italian Presidency of the European Parliament.
For this occasion, Nelly LiPuma composed Symphonia per l’Europa,
premiered at the Palais Liechtenstein.
Between 2003 and 2004 she pursued choral conducting studies at the Royal College of Music with Anders Eby and Gary Graden.
In Sweden, further important collaborations contributed to her artistic development:
she worked as co-conductor of the Södertälje Opera Kör (Sweden) with Maestro Giovanni Impellizzeri.
From 2004 to 2005 she conducted the Young Voices Choir at the Herbert von Karajan Centrum.
Since December 2004 she has been conductor of the JEDWEDER KÜCHENCHOR,
a renowned a cappella choir known for its imaginative, bold,
humorous, and unique staged performances of an extensive repertoire ranging from the Middle Ages and Renaissance to contemporary music.
In November 2004 the artist Marco Fedele di Catrano has dedicated to her music his Art Installation “Raum für ein Klavier” at the WUK in Vienna with the pianist Maria Pagliafora.
From 2006 till 2012 she conducted the choir accordante of the Societá Dante Alighieri in Vienna.
In 2007 she received PREMIO CIANE in Italy for her musical career.
In April 2008, the Ensemble Polyphonica of Beirut (Lebanon), under the direction of Paul Meer, presented her choral works in a concert series entitled Women of Note, Notes of Women.
In November 2008 her Trio BURST for violin, cello and piano, has been selected for the Composers’ Lounge No.2 presented in Porgy&Bess by the Austrian Society of Composers (Österreichischer Komponistenbund).
In May 2009 her Symphonia per l'Europa is performed by the Beethoven Sinfonie Orchester Wien in Steyr for the Schubert Festival.
In the summer of 2009 she was invited to participate in the Ihlombe Festival in South Africa with a composition for eight-part a cappella choir and percussion, Mambao ,presented in Cape Town, inspired by Africa.
Since January 2010 she works as assistant conductor of the choir of the University of Vienna.
Since 2013 she conducts the choir ARCADIA.
In March 2010 she has been awarded the Premio Europeo Bianca di Navarra 2010.
In 2011 she receives from the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, the honorific title of
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietá Italiana.
In 2011 her Indo-deutsche Rhapsodie received its world premiere in New Delhi (India),
performed by the India Youth Orchestra in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Choir director at the Vienna Konservatorium.
Accompanying pianist at the Konservatorium Sunrise-Studio.
Lecturer of singing and vocal technique at the Prayner Konservatorium.
She regularly works as répétiteur and choral coach with various choirs and orchestras,
preparing major works of the symphonic-choral repertoire such as Carmina Burana by Carl Orff,
Die Schöpfung by Joseph Haydn, the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, Fidelio and the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as works by Mahler,
Schubert, Pergolesi, Salieri and Rossini.
Her passion for medieval music also led her to compose a collection of arrangements of twenty medieval laude
from the Laudario di Cortona for choir, viola, soloists, and hurdy-gurdy.
Her works have been broadcast on Radio Klassik Wien, Radio Arte Mobile (Rome), and in the Slovak Republic.
She has also collaborated on theatrical productions such as Polifonia Teatrale in Milan and Donne di parola (video by Donatella Massara, concept by Laura Modini),
as well as with Brazilian director, actress, and producer Suzy de Oliveira
at the Theater im Prückl in Vienna.
She has worked with internationally renowned artists such as the Duo Urresterazu-Lenzin (Spain),
Marina Notaro (Italy), who recorded one of her compositions on her CD Maschere ,
and soprano Christiana Serafin de Ocampo (Paris).
The musician and music critic Monique Ciola dedicated an article to her entitled Oltre confine in the magazine of the Federation of Choirs of Trentino .
Her music has been performed in Italy, Austria, Spain, the United Kingdom,
Sweden, Israel, Lebanon, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Brazil.
Since 2022: Conductor of the Youth Orchestra in Trier.